Chapter 375 Why didn’t you ask me?

“Kneel down, Big Sis has something to ask you.”

“Young Master Xu also plays these games?”

Jiang Nian was somewhat speechless, but after staying up all night, his head was still a bit muddled, so he couldn’t be bothered to dwell on it.

He glanced at Xu Qianqian, reached into the right pocket of her cotton jacket, and directly took out her daily pocket money.

“You’re a bandit!” Xu Qianqian was stunned, infuriated by this low-class man so early in the morning. “You have no respect for the law!”

Jiang Nian stuffed the pocket money into his jeans pocket and walked ahead down the stairs. The cold wind in the stairwell carried the scent of his shampoo.

“No, I’m used to paying for myself.”

“This is robbery!” Xu Qianqian didn’t want to lose Face.

“Oh, then I should have been taken to the shooting range yesterday.” Jiang Nian touched his Face. “Whatever, go ahead and call the police.”

Hearing this, Xu Qianqian was immediately speechless.

If it were anyone else, they definitely wouldn’t have stayed up with her all night. Although she didn’t say it, having Jiang Nian there was indeed reassuring.

However, if he hadn’t scared her, she wouldn’t have been… scared.

Rounding up, it balanced out.

Xu Qianqian sorted out her thoughts in her mind, just about to debate with Jiang Nian, when she realized he was going down the stairs quickly.

Hmph, he must have a guilty conscience.

Jiang Nian was thinly dressed, still in a thermal shirt and a light jacket; his top had no pockets. As he went downstairs, Xu Qianqian tried to catch up to him.

After catching up, she tried to snatch the money back, her eyes constantly darting to his pants pocket, where a rolled-up stack of change was half exposed.

When they reached the first floor, she suddenly extended two fingers.

She wanted to pinch the money back.

She saw those master thieves on TV do it like that, two fingers pinch, and the item is in hand without anyone knowing.

But she wasn’t stealing; the money was originally hers.

Jiang Nian heard movement behind him and thought Xu Qianqian was about to fall. When he turned around, she bumped right into his arms.

Huh?

In that instant, he was stunned. He instinctively put his hand on Xu Qianqian’s shoulder; the motion looked like he had turned and embraced her.

Xu Qianqian’s mind also went blank. As she lost her balance, she uncontrollably hugged him, preventing herself from falling.

It was too close; her nostrils were filled with the scent of laundry detergent that had air-dried. Evaporated by body heat, there was also a scent different from the laundry detergent.

It smelled very good, indescribable.

“Held it in all night?” Jiang Nian’s single sentence shattered the romantic atmosphere.

Xu Qianqian pursed her lips, her eyes blinking rapidly. Her heart rate quickened slightly, and her Face instantly turned red.

“My money!”

Neither of them would give in, so they were still embracing each other.

Xu Qianqian wanted to pinch the money out, but her fingers inexplicably trembled. She tried twice and failed, causing her to tremble even more violently.

Both of them froze, neither speaking.

Early in the morning, in the deserted stairwell. Thin fog drifted from the courtyard, slowly filling the old stairwell.

“Cough, cough, never mind.” Xu Qianqian withdrew her hand and pretended to be generous. “The money’s yours. I have plenty of money.”

Saying this, she took the opportunity to break free from Jiang Nian’s embrace.

Jiang Nian didn’t hold her back, only lowered his gaze and glanced at her. He didn’t give Young Master Xu any Face at all, sarcastically saying,

“Are you trying to look rich here when you’re not?”

“What’s it to you? Can’t I have the heart of a tycoon?” Xu Qianqian didn’t want to be at a disadvantage, so she got anxious.

“Tycoon?” Jiang Nian sneered. “That’s called being a spendthrift.”

As soon as his words fell, he was met with a heavy blow from Xu Qianqian. A bout of shaking, plus a flurry of excited punches.

Outside the breakfast shop.

Jiang Nian bought breakfast with Xu Qianqian’s money, then casually stuffed the remaining change into the hood of her hoodie.

After arriving in the classroom.

Jiang Nian was completely exhausted and didn’t want to use 【Heal】. He yawned, went to get hot water, then lay down on his desk to catch up on sleep.

When he woke up again, half of the morning self-study session was already over.

Fortunately, it was English self-study, and Sister Qian didn’t really bother him. As long as he wasn’t caught by the grade-level director, everything was fine.

But Jiang Nian wasn’t worried about that; he wasn’t the only one dozing off during self-study in class.

For example, Li Hua, during English morning reading, would usually recite loudly for the first ten minutes, then sit and read silently for the next five, and fall asleep at the seventeenth minute.

Damn, he was more punctual than a biological clock; he’d get sleepy as soon as he started memorizing words.

Ma Guojun Ma Guojun was even more cunning, burying his head to memorize words. He’d sleep intermittently, occasionally looking up furtively.

Feeling there was no danger, he’d pretend to memorize a couple more words, then lift his book and resume his ‘fishing’ mode.

In comparison, Jiang Nian was more authentic. He’d sleep until he naturally woke up, then flip through a couple of test papers, and after a while, start doing problems.

Zhang Ningzhi had already finished memorizing today’s words. After checking them thoroughly, she turned to Jiang Nian and asked curiously,

“Did you not sleep well last night?”

“Yeah.” Jiang Nian propped his head with his hand, pulled two completed chemistry test papers from his desk, “I wrote test papers all night.”

That was true; he had written two chemistry test papers all night.

But it was in Xu Qianqian’s room.

However, he hadn’t done anything; he merely changed locations to write test papers. If one were to be particular, it was less convenient than his own room.

It was awkward, but sometimes it wasn’t awkward.

Late at night, he couldn’t exactly launch a night raid.

He had originally stayed in her room to keep Xu Qianqian from being scared. Scaring her again, no matter what, would not be good.

It was like if the other person was sick, and suddenly the ‘idea king’ activated.

Talk, try a thirty-eight-degree body temperature.

Zhang Ningzhi, hearing this, looked curiously at his chemistry test papers. Suddenly remembering something, she carefully flipped through them.

“You wrote so much in one night?”

“Yeah.” Jiang Nian didn’t understand why she was interested in chemistry test papers. “What? Want me to give you a set?”

“No thanks, I have my own.” Zhang Ningzhi took out the test papers she had bought. “Hey, do you want to do this set?”

“Oh, oh, thank you.” Jiang Nian accepted them readily. Since they were from Ningzhi, there was no need to be polite.

“Hey, can I ask you a question?” Zhang Ningzhi bit her lower lip, looking a bit shy, then looked up and blinked her eyes.

“Ask away. English?” Jiang Nian wondered.

“No.”

“Biology?”

“Not that either, it’s chemistry.” Zhang Ningzhi looked serious, her big eyes bright, completely hiding her intentions.

Jiang Nian was puzzled, not knowing what she was up to.

“Which question?”

“Just…”

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Zhang Ningzhi, seizing the moment before self-study ended, pulled a test paper from his drawer. “There are two big questions I don’t understand.”

“Oh, oh, point them out.” Jiang Nian also became interested; explaining problems to others could also lead to improvement. “I’ve finished them all.”

The test paper was spread out, the writing on it was fairly neat.

“This question.” Zhang Ningzhi was quite clever, randomly pointing to another big question, then patiently listened to him explain.

:..That should be it, did you understand?” After Jiang Nian finished explaining, he felt a lingering sense of satisfaction, and a hint of enlightenment in his heart.

Explaining problems and solving them were indeed different; after explaining it to someone else, his understanding of the problem deepened even further. “I understood.” Zhang Ningzhi’s eyes immediately sparkled.

Jiang Nian glanced at her, a fake smile already forming on his Face. Honestly, he was already feeling pretty good inside.

Damn, which official could withstand such a test?

“There’s one more question.” Zhang Ningzhi pursed her lips, pointing to a big question with two different sets of handwriting. “I don’t quite understand this one.”

Jiang Nian looked at it and said, “Oh.”

“First, look at the problem statement…”

After a long explanation, Jiang Nian gained another insight. And once again, he received Zhang Ningzhi’s sparkling eyes, feeling greatly satisfied.

He thought, how cute Ningzhi is today, even a little cuter than usual.

If she didn’t ask for anything, he always felt uneasy.

Finally.

Zhang Ningzhi pointed at the big question, asking casually,

“Did you figure it out yourself?”

“Not really, I got it wrong the first time I did it.” Jiang Nian didn’t pay much attention, saying casually, “I asked the class monitor.”

“Oh, that’s still pretty impressive,” Zhang Ningzhi said.

Her guess was confirmed, and she breathed a sigh of relief. Asking the class monitor was quite normal, after all, he was first in the class academically.

But she still felt a little sour. Jiang Nian was so annoying.

A few minutes later, she suddenly poked someone’s arm. She exhaled softly, then pouted a moment later.

“Why didn’t you ask me?”

“Then I’ll ask you…” Jiang Nian actually pulled out a question to ask her, and the two discussed it until the morning reading ended.

The bell rang.

At this time, Li Hua also woke up.

The sleeping beast let out a long ‘ah’ sound, then stared blankly at the blackboard, and finally turned to look at Jiang Nian. “Honestly, I’ve already started researching our opponents.”

Jiang Nian: “?”

The last person who said that has already retired.

“You also want to inject an adrenaline shot into Class Three’s football team?” Jiang Nian chuckled. “Are you also the legendary Indestructible King?”

Zhang Ningzhi, who was about to lie down and rest, heard this and asked curiously,

“Monitor, what were your research results?”

“After my research, I found that our opponents are too strong.” Li Hua swayed left and right. “I feel like it doesn’t matter whether we go or not.”

Jiang Nian narrowed his eyes, scanned Li Hua, and said,

“Can you tell me the secret to being sometimes arrogant and sometimes insecure? I’m preparing to audition for a clown after the college entrance exam.”

“red stone!” Li Hua buried his head to sleep, then after a while, he said seriously, “In terms of strength, our team only has the two of us as main players.”

“Hua, how do you say ‘ant’ in English?”

“M…:..:” Li Hua’s thoughts were interrupted by this sudden knowledge test, and his opening words made people laugh.

No, this was a great, solemn atmosphere.

Jiang Nian, the idiot, would die if he didn’t act like a jerk, wouldn’t he!

The morning classes were quite dry.

Sun Zhicheng fell asleep during the first English class. He dreamed of reaching the seven-hundred-point realm, dominating Class Three for all eternity!

As the college entrance exam approached, he didn’t attend self-study, but went home to play games. Old Liu, with a humble expression, knocked on the door of the Sun family.

“Brother, go back to self-study. It won’t look good if the principal questions me.”

As a result, he didn’t even get a cup of hot tea; he was given a mouthful of pot-washing water and kicked out.

“Get out! I am a seven-hundred-point strong (strong one); why should I explain myself to others!”

After waking up, he smacked his lips. He couldn’t help but look at the person in Class Three most likely to score seven hundred points, secretly thinking it was a pity.

The class monitor, such a good person, why did she end up with Jiang Nian?

At the same time, he encouraged himself in his heart. Opportunity only belongs to those who are prepared; he should also work hard.

The class monitor would definitely be able to control Jiang Nian, so no matter how you looked at it, he had no chance.

Yang Qiming squinted and glanced at the awakened Sun Zhicheng, sneering, and thought, “What an idiot, not even wiping his drool.”

However, he had no time to deal with the clown; he was busy chatting with Lu Xuan. The only drawback was that she was quite introverted.

She would only reply to one out of ten messages, appearing quite distant. After class.

He thought for a long time and decided to consult the Great Master.

“Zhou Yuting, are you free?”

“Hmm?” Zhou Yuting was about to doze off for a bit when she was suddenly interrupted by the big oaf, looking puzzled. “What is it?”

“That… I recently…!” Yang Qiming became awkward.

Zhou Yuting’s eyes immediately turned into dead fish eyes, thinking, “Here we go again.”

“In love again, are we?”

“This time it’s real, but I’ve encountered some problems recently.” Yang Qiming looked serious. “Can you give me some advice?”

“This…” Zhou Yuting showed hesitation.

In fact, she didn’t really want to watch a circus show so early in the morning. She had already seen the movie ‘Joker’ in the cinema a long time ago.

“If you help me, I’ll bring you breakfast for a week!” Seeing her hesitate, Yang Qiming quickly added an incentive.

Hearing this, Zhou Yuting was tempted.

She wasn’t greedy for the breakfast itself; she simply enjoyed the feeling of someone bringing her breakfast. At worst, she could give it to Huang Cailang.

Anyway, it was just looking, so it didn’t matter.

“Alright then.” Zhou Yuting maintained her composure for a moment, then took Yang Qiming’s phone. “You two chat quite frequently.”

However, when she scrolled up through the chat history, she immediately froze.

It was all Yang Qiming talking to himself, with Lu Xuan only occasionally responding to one or two sentences. There was only one exception: when Jiang Nian was mentioned.

For some reason, the other party seemed particularly interested in Jiang Nian.

She looked around, then handed the phone back to Yang Qiming.

“Are you two already together?”

“Sort of…” Yang Qiming, for the sake of Face, exaggerated a little. “Never mind that, what do you think?”

Zhou Yuting pondered for a moment, then hesitated.

“Your girlfriend is about to fall in love.”

The third class ended.

Old Liu suddenly came to the classroom and called Jiang Nian to the office alone.

After the two sat down.

The homeroom teacher had an expression that looked like he wanted to laugh but couldn’t directly, and patted his shoulder, saying,

“There’s a big piece of good news. Guess what it is.”

Hearing this, Jiang Nian hesitated slightly, blowing on his hot tea repeatedly.

“Someone reported the school for tutoring?”

Old Liu was speechless, thinking, “This damn kid. I’ll have to tell him not to mention my name outside in the future, lest he bring trouble.”

“Cough, cough, school tutoring is based on the principle of voluntariness.”

“By the way, after the six-city joint exam last Saturday, didn’t I ask you to fill out the application materials for the’Star of Inspiration’ competition?”

“This morning, the results are already out.”

“Got selected?” Jiang Nian asked.

Then, Old Liu reverted to that expression of wanting to laugh but forcefully holding it back. It was quite undignified, and he just burst out laughing.

“Absolutely no opponent.”

Jiang Nian also couldn’t help but laugh, and their triumphant laughter drew glances from the other teachers in the office.

Two hundred points, oh, two hundred points, where could you find an opponent?

Only students who scored above five hundred points in the six-city joint exam were eligible to participate in the evaluation. These students already had good academic records.

At most, they could improve by a hundred points; that would be the absolute limit.

Who knew an shameless one would come along, jumping directly from four hundred to 616, making people suspect insider trading.